Anyone else not chemically depressed

[Canttakeitanymore]

My life really just fucking sucks, im poor ugly small stupid and have health issues, theres literally nothing good in my life

 

[GenesAndEnvironment]

I have no physical symptoms and barely any cognitive ones. Not really anything that I think is worth striving/surviving to experience/achieve/obtain anymore. Especially after I got realistic about what a romantic relationship actually is in the real world.

 

[Futile]

Me too. I see many people here talk about how they have no reason to be depressed while I have way too many

 

[Squiddy]

I'm both chemically and situationally depressed

 

[BandAddict]

Wish I could say for sure. How does one know? I feel like my life experiences have been enough to fuck me up, but some people have insisted I have a chemical imbalance because I shouldn't be as depressed as I am. Because of the supposed "chemical imbalance" I was on a lot of medication with permanent consequences.

So... Is it possible for both to be true? I don't know.

 

[Neowise]

I'm not exactly sure either. I don't know whether I am depressed because I am a loser or if I am a loser because I am depressed.

My narcissistic mother caused my depression, self hate and non-existant self esteem so I could say my circumstances made me depressed. But on the other hand I never tried to improve as my depression and emotional distance I keep from everything act like a shield against more insults from her and I somewhat embrace my depression as long as I still live in the same house with her.

 

[LastFlowers]

My life really just fucking sucks, im poor ugly small stupid and have health issues, theres literally nothing good in my life

Same here. My existence is excruciating, no chemical imbalance bullshit going on, only possible issue with the mind would be secondary symptoms from the constant stress/damage of my ongoing situation. Anyone can be brought to madness, if the circumstances push them to it.

Wish I could say for sure. How does one know? I feel like my life experiences have been enough to fuck me up, but some people have insisted I have a chemical imbalance because I shouldn't be as depressed as I am. Because of the supposed "chemical imbalance" I was on a lot of medication with permanent consequences.

So... Is it possible for both to be true? I don't know.

The irony is that medications of that nature often CAUSE chemical imbalances. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking there's something wrong with your brain just because they used their biased judgement to conclude that you are "over-reacting" or as you stated, "shouldn't be as depressed as you are". Who the hell is anyone to say that to another person, when they don't have to live their life or inhabit their body? Nothing is "bad enough" in the eyes of those outside ourselves. They are too many degrees separated from the situation to be able to properly assess its consequences.

 

[NotHuman]

I've been through dozens of meds, TMS, ECT, ketamine, etc. over two decades with no improvement. If that isn't enough to rule out a brain issue then nothing is.

Therapists have been stumped because their entire approach is to assume that their patients just aren't seeing things clearly, yet it's abundantly clear that nobody would be happy living under my circumstances. The most they can offer me is that I should be thankful that I'm not starving in a poor country or a rape victim or subjected to the harshness of the streets. In other words, I should be grateful that the quality of my everyday life is just one notch above being in danger. Gee, thanks!

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

What exactly do you mean by chemically depressed? Everything that happens to us has a chemical effect; traumatic events that happened during childhood in particular can have profound and lifelong consequences. I'm far more emotionally numb than I am depressed and that's both from trauma and the symptoms that are a product from those events as well as my situation in the present.

 

[NotHuman]

I take it to simply mean low mood that is disproportionate to one's life circumstances. That there's nothing they can point to as a source of their suicidal ideation which may shift in response to medication or even seemingly nothing at all.

 

[Skathon]

I have never been depressed.

 

[lofticries]

Mental illness and addiction runs rampant on my mom's side of the fam. It's one or the other with almost all. Sometimes unlucky enough to suffer from both. My mom and dad have the most toxic relationship you can imagine sans the physical abuse. So witnessing all that at a young age only provided more fuel to the fire.

 

[booray]

It's the current circumstances of my life that are causing my depression, not a chemical imbalance, which is why meds and talk therapy are not working. These circumstances are not going to change anytime soon, if ever, so I'm mustering up the courage to ctb in 2-3 months.